Author: ClaraGrace Pavelka

Campus, Technology

Flying high into the new semester

ClaraGrace Pavelka

Del Mar receives donation to help aviation program  The donation of a half-million dollar plane could be the ticket to more hands-on training for Del Mar’s aviation maintenance students. Rockport native Toby Knocke flew the Dassault Falcon 10 to Corpus Christi International Airport on Aug. 21 to donate to the college’s aviation program. It will be housed at the program’s hangar at the airport. The owners of the plane, who live in Corpus Christi, no longer needed it and wanted it to go to a good cause. “Why not donate it to someone in our community?” Knocke said. Aviation instructor…

Campus, Collegiate

Construction expected to finish spring ’19

ClaraGrace Pavelka

New additions to the campus are almost ready for students    By this time next year, students will likely have another 127,000 square feet of learning space with the new General Academic/Music Building Phase II. Construction of the $46 million building began in summer 2017 after the demolition of the English Building. Since then, students have been limited to the perimeter of the construction zone when getting to and from class. With the work also eliminating about 100 parking spaces, Del Mar College last year introduced Viking Stops, where a golf cart will pick up students in lots by the…

Campus, Technology

Robots rise up on DMC campus

ClaraGrace Pavelka

Students attend Prefreshman Engineering Program As Henry Stanley and Teddy Trevino watched their robot car approach the finish line, they had faith their last-minute programming changes would keep in on course. The pair, along with 50 other middle and high school students from the Coastal Bend, attended the seven-week Corpus Christi Prefreshman Engineering Program summer camp at Del Mar College “I was very proud of it because even though it didn’t make it the first or second attempts, it made it at the third attempt,” said Henry, a Flour Bluff student who hopes to go into a STEM-related career. “Me…

Campus, Community, Education, Technology

Youths spend summer building robots

ClaraGrace Pavelka

Races, other challenges part of summer camp As Henry Stanley and Teddy Trevino watched their robot car approach the finish line, they had faith their last-minute programming changes would keep in on course. The pair, along with 50 other middle and high school students from the Coastal Bend, attended the seven-week Corpus Christi Prefreshman Engineering Program summer camp at Del Mar College “I was very proud of it because even though it didn’t make it the first or second attempts, it made it at the third attempt,” said Henry, a Flour Bluff student who hopes to go into a STEM-related…

Campus, Education, Music

Construction remains on schedule

ClaraGrace Pavelka

New East Campus facility expected to be complete in spring By this time next year, students will likely have another 127,000 square feet of learning space with the new General Academic/Music Building Phase II. Construction of the $46 million building began in summer 2017 after the demolition of the English Building. Since then, students have been limited to the perimeter of the construction zone when getting to and from class. With the work also eliminating about 100 parking spaces, Del Mar College last year introduced Viking Stops, where a golf cart will pick up students in lots by the Venters…